Barcelona and Madrid draw in Super Cup clash

Barcelona and Madrid draw in Super Cup clash


Barcelona and Madrid draw in Super Cup clash

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:31 PM PDT

Xabi Alonso salvages a 2-2 draw for Real Madrid in first leg of Spanish season's traditional curtain-raiser.


Activist renews anti-graft fast to pressure India government

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:46 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A veteran social activist renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, to the dismay of India's embattled prime minister and his ruling party as they grapple with scandals and a slowing economy.


Indonesian Ahmadi attack victim may be jailed (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT

AP - An Indonesian man injured when Muslim hard-liners attacked members of his minority Islamic sect is waiting to hear if he'll be jailed. He could face a longer prison term than the actual attackers.


"Grand coalition" floated as Japan eyes new PM

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - A key Japanese cabinet minister added his voice on Monday to calls for a coalition between ruling and opposition parties to break the deadlock of a divided parliament, but the outlook for such a tie-up under the country's next leader remains murky.


Smart Grids Highlight Innovation's Promise and Where America Leads the World, Even China

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:05 PM PDT

The emerging smart grid transformation of the electric grid is analogous to the Internet's conversion of the telecommunications network.


Morocco to host early parliamentary election

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:14 PM PDT

Government announcement follows constitutional reforms endorsed by 98 per cent of voters in last month's referendum.


Nepal's parties disagree on new prime minister (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT

AP - Nepal's major political parties are disagreeing on who should succeed the prime minister who resigned a day earlier. The lack of consensus raises worries of new political instability.


Primary win boosts chances of Argentina's Fernandez

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:55 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Center-left Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is on course to win a second term in October and deepen her interventionist policies after thrashing rivals in a primary election, results showed on Monday.


As Opera Struggles in West, an Art Form Flourishes in China (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:45 PM PDT

Time.com - As if any more proof was needed of China's growing dominance, it is now being bellowed at full volume by tenors and sopranos


Greenland's ice: beauty and threat (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT

In this July 19, 2011 photo, a cloud drifts past the ever-collapsing calving 6-kilometer-wide (4-mile-wide) front of Jakobshavn Glacier, situated at the edge of the vast Greenland ice sheet, near Ilulissat, Greenland. Greenland is the focus of many researchers trying to determine how much its melting ice may raise sea levels. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Greenland's Inuit people have countless terms in their language to describe ice in all its varieties. This gallery of photographs by AP's Brennan Linsley likewise is something of a visual vocabulary for the striking and beautiful forms ice takes on and around the giant Arctic island.



Japan marks World War II surrender anniversary (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT

People release doves with their will for world peace at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Thousands of people visit the shrine to pay their respects to the Japanese war dead during the 66th anniversary of the end of the World War II.  (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan marked the 66th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Monday with somber remembrances across the country and a memorial in Tokyo led by the emperor. The ceremonies come as the country struggles to recover from this year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.



Should the 'Australian Taliban' Profit from His Memoirs? (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Australian prosecutors are taking David Hicks, Once a mascot for the country's antiwar movement, to court for making money from his memoirs


Steve Forbes Interview: Bill Rhodes, Banker To The World

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:06 PM PDT

Ex-Citi chair Bill Rhodes spent decades solving sovereign debt crises around the world. Now, he thinks austerity isn't enough.


Japan economy contracts for third straight quarter (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:58 PM PDT

AP - Japan's economy contracted for a third straight quarter as consumer spending and factory production continued to suffer in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami.


World Bank chief warns of 'new danger zone'

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:52 PM PDT

The head of the World Bank warned Sunday that many key market players have lost confidence in recent weeks, pushing the fragile global economy into a "new danger zone."


World Bank head warns of danger ahead

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:40 PM PDT

Zoellick says loss of market confidence in economic leadership of key countries has pushed markets into a danger zone.


Zoellick Says China Currency To Be Global Player

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:34 PM PDT

World Bank president Robert Zoellick says the current lack of confidence in the dollar increases the odds that China's currency will be one of the big currency players in the years ahead.


Lawyer challenges Aruba officials in tourist case (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:26 PM PDT

In this picture released Thursday Aug. 11, 2011, U.S. citizen Gary V. Giordano, 50, of Gaithersburg, Maryland is shown on an Aruba's police mugshot in Oranjestad, Aruba. Aruba has turned to the FBI for help investigating the disappearance of 35-year-old Robyn Gardner of Maryland, an agency spokesman said Thursday as official doubts grew about the story told by the suspect Gary V. Giordano in the case. (AP Photo/Aruba's Police)AP - A U.S. tourist detained in Aruba in the death of his travel companion has cooperated with investigators and should be immediately released because there is no evidence against him, his defense lawyer said Sunday.



Japan's Economy Shrinks but Beats Expectations

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:33 PM PDT

The Japanese economy outperformed economist expectations for the three months ended June 30, shrinking for a third consecutive quarter—but at a much smaller rate than analyst forecasts.


The Future of Europe: A Stronger Union or a Smaller One? (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The convulsions in the financial markets are symptoms of a larger problem: the state of the European Union is not good